Pilot Robert Gisburne, 44, a part-time Carefree (AZ) resident, and his father-in-law passenger, Charles Tegeler, 74, of Scottsdale, were killed as Gisburne's Questair Venture made what some witnesses called a really 'hot' landing at Carefree's upscale Sky Ranch Airport on Tuesday. Speculation is running high in the local area that an engine failure may have precipitated an attempt to 'absolutely, positively' make the runway, with the result that the slick little plane was just going too fast. The unfortunate occupants were dead at the scene.

The plane eventually came to rest at a stop sign at the edge of the airport; a postcrash fire reduced the wreckage to "no more than the size of a washing machine," according to one report.

**   Report created 9/3/2003   Record 4   **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 29G        Make/Model: EXP      Description: QUESTAIR VENTURE
  Date: 09/02/2003     Time: 1250
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
  City: CAREFREE   State: AZ   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT ON FINAL, LOST ENGINE POWER AND CRASHED AT THE WEST END OF THE AIRPORT, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED,  CAREFREE, AZ
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   2
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Landing      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: ABQ, AZ                     Dep Date: 09/02/2003   Dep. Time: 0902
  Destination: CAREFREE, AZ             Flt Plan: UNK          Wx Briefing: Y
  Last Radio Cont: UNK
  Last Clearance: UNK
  FAA FSDO: SCOTTSDALE, AZ  (WP07)                Entry date: 09/03/2003